Polarization Detection Using Light's Orbital Angular Momentum

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作者：
Ma, Aning [1 ,2 ]
Intaravanne, Yuttana [1 ]
Han, Jin [1 ,3 ]
Wang, Ruoxing [1 ,4 ]
Chen, Xianzhong [1 ]
机构：
[1] Heriot Watt Univ, Sch Engn & Phys Sci, Inst Photon & Quantum Sci, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Midlothian, Scotland
[2] Lanzhou Univ, Sch Informat Sci & Engn, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China
[3] Kunming Univ Sci & Technol Kunming, Coll Mat Sci & Engn, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, Peoples R China
[4] Harbin Engn Univ, Coll Phys & Optoelect Engn, Key Lab InFiber Integrated Opt, Minist Educ, Harbin 150001, Peoples R China
来源：
ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS | 2020年 / 8卷 / 18期
基金：
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会; 中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
optical metasurfaces; polarization detection; superposition of vortex beams; vortex beams; 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION; PHASE DISCONTINUITIES; METASURFACE; HOLOGRAMS;
D O I：
10.1002/adom.202000484
中图分类号：
T [工业技术];
学科分类号：
08 ;
摘要：
Polarization detection has been used for a wide variety of applications. A twisted light beam with a helical phase structure carries an orbital angular momentum. The rapid development of optical metasurfaces has enabled practical generation and manipulation of twisted light beams at subwavelength resolution. Herein, a facile metasurface approach is experimentally demonstrated to directly detect the polarization state of light based on the superposition of twisted light beams. The major axis and ellipticity of the polarized light are measured by the interference pattern of two twisted light beams with same topological charges and opposite signs, while the handedness is determined by using topological charges with different values. The subwavelength resolution, ultrathin nature, and compactness render this technology very attractive for diverse applications including optical communications, optical tweezers, and quantum sciences.
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